Thomas Hobbes, John Locke And Jean Jacques Rousseau

Over the course of history there have been many philosophers, but the three common/ famous philosophers throughout history were Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau. These three philosophers were famous because of their perspective on the nature of mankind and the government and questioning the role of law and government. Out of these three philosophers, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes was the best philosopher out of the three philosophers because his perspective on mankind was compelling, man’s reason shows him the only solution is the establishment of a society with a stable government, and he believed the government should be backed by force; he believed they should be a leviathan because

He created a book called, “Leviathan”. In this book Hobbes explained how the government should be like a monster, “Leviathan”. In the book “Leviathan”, He claimed because men are selfish and ignorant, words would mean nothing to them, he believed the government had to have consequences, and be backed by force because the bonds of words are too weak to control man’s ambitions and greed without the fear of some coercive power. The word leviathan means, “monster” and that is exactly what Hobbes said the government should be towards men in order to maintain them and order security. However, Jean Jacques Rousseau believed a government deserves to be obeyed only if its actions follow the general will. The general will means, “is the will of the people as a whole”. As fair as it sounds, I disagree that a government deserves to be obeyed only if its actions follow the general will. Hobbes was saying is the government should be like a guidance for men, to show them the right path. If the system was to work under the general will, then the government wouldn’t be able to guide us much. An example of this would be is if we ran under the general will and the country wants no consequences for doing bad stuff such as; stealing, killings and etc. The country wouldn’t be steered the right path. That is why I believe Thomas Hobbes see’s stuff in a unique way he believes there should be a government formed and the government should be backed by force; he believed they should be a leviathan because the bonds of words are too weak to control man’s ambitions and greed without the fear of some coercive